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In the Code of Canon Law, religious institutes are regulated by a general discipline. There continue to exist, however, different categories which correspond to varying forms which religious life has taken over the course of history. There follows a very brief historical note about each type of Institute in order of the date of their foundation. Canons Regular, who combine the clerical office and state with the observance of community religious life and the evangelical counsels, have their origin in the communities of clergy which lived with their bishop.